Milpitas vs Mountain View

A side-by-side comparison of Milpitas and Mountain View: population, income, housing, and more.

Milpitas and Mountain View are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountain View has the higher population (82,363 vs 78,216 in Milpitas). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($179,917 vs $176,822 in Milpitas). Mountain View has the higher median home value ($1,927,400 vs $1,180,000 in Milpitas).

Population, income & housing

	Milpitas	Mountain View
Population	78,216	82,363
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$176,822	$179,917
Median home value	$1,180,000	$1,927,400
Median gross rent	$3,112	$2,975
Housing units	25,763	38,770
Homeownership rate	59.3%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milpitas	Mountain View
Population	79,517 → 78,216 (-1.6%)	81,656 → 82,363 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$132,320 → $176,822 (+33.6%)	$139,720 → $179,917 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$858,600 → $1,180,000 (+37.4%)	$1,413,500 → $1,927,400 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $3,112 (+28.2%)	$2,456 → $2,975 (+21.1%)

Milpitas

Population

79,51778,216

Median household income

$132,320$176,822

Median home value

$858,600$1,180,000

Median gross rent

$2,428$3,112

Mountain View

Population

81,65682,363

Median household income

$139,720$179,917

Median home value

$1,413,500$1,927,400

Median gross rent

$2,456$2,975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milpitas	Mountain View
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	19.5%	22.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.6%
75 and over	5.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milpitas	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	39.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	71.5%	34.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milpitas	Mountain View
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	13.3%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milpitas	Mountain View
Drove alone	62.4%	52.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.7%
Public transit	2.4%	4.1%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	4.9%
Worked from home	22.5%	27.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milpitas	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	46.0%	27.1%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	16.8%
20 or more units	19.5%	31.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Milpitas	Mountain View
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.5%
Average household size	3.08	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1987	1974